Our attendance at every sports venue is not good. I see Alumni are starting to show but how do we get the students to the games. Men’s Basketball is winning and ranked 12th in the Mid-Major. Softball is ranked 22nd in the nation and soccer is a winning program. The new football staff are putting pieces of the puzzle together for a run in the first AAC season, but how do we get butts in the stands. I have an idea, but it takes every organization on campus( Sports, Greek, Band, etc) along with Prez Smatresk and Mr Mosley’s staff.
We need a campus challenge. It should be based on participation to all sports activities and other items such as plays, music performances, etc. We should have weekly, monthly, and semester prizes to the organization with the most attendance to other activities on campus. Our coaches and leaders of these organizations should be making it a requirement to attend at least one activity a week that is not the one you are involved in. An individual would need to post his/her attendance to said activity on social media and tag the organization they are from, the sport or other activity they are attending, and the Prez and Mosley staff. These are then tallied to see which organization(s) have the most school spirit. They then get either a party, recognized at a sporting event, 10points on an upcoming test/assignment, etc. I know some organizations are smaller so you would have to do it by percentage. Such as 80% of this organization went to at least two activities this week. If you go to an away game you get double the points, or something like that.
Having a campus competition, I believe, will help build hype for UNT. Hell, I didn’t go to UNT, but have been to a home and road basketball game, road softball game, and home soccer game. I go to most football games due to my son playing but you get the point. I’m invested in UNT’s success. They gave my son a full ride scholarship, it’s the least I could do. Thoughts on how we can get our stadiums full?